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Dallas Marathon officials expressed relief Saturday that Competitor Group no
longer planned to hold the San Antonio Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon on Dec. 8, the
same day as Dallas.

“We believe this resolution is in the best interest of the greater running
community, the cities of Dallas and San Antonio, and Texas Scottish Rite
Hospital for Children, the primary beneficiary of the Dallas Marathon since
1997,” Dallas Marathon chairman Kevin Snyder said. “We are pleased to resolve
this issue.”

Competitor Group, which owns and operates the 32-race Rock ‘n’ Roll series,
issued a statement Friday that it had shifted the San Antonio race back to Nov.
17, the mid-November timeframe previous races had been held.

The Dec. 8 date choice, requested by San Antonio officials, was in violation
of a noncompete agreement between Competitor Group and the Dallas Marathon. The
agreement was reached in 2010 to allow Competitor Group to license and pay for
the rights to hold its Rock ‘n’ Roll Dallas Half in the spring from the Dallas
Marathon.

“It’s what I hoped for and expected,” Snyder said of the resolution. “It was
a conflict with the contract. They were precluded from having a race in
December. I didn’t know how quickly we would get there, or if we would have to
go into litigation, which I really didn’t want to do.”

Warm weather had plagued recent San Antonio marathons, and the Competitor
Group had chosen Dec. 8 so that runners would have more comfortable, safer
conditions. It also had moved its Las Vegas Marathon along The Strip to Nov. 17
to give runners a better chance at warmer weather.

The company will now operate both events Nov. 17. San Antonio will start in
the morning; Las Vegas will begin at 3 p.m.

“It’s certainly a challenge to operate two major marathons on the same
weekend in two states, but it’s nothing our team hasn’t accomplished before,”
said Competitor Group spokesman Dan Cruz. Competitor Group held the Rock ‘n’
Roll Montreal and Denver events, Sept. 22-23, 2012, and the Rock ‘n’ Roll New
York 10K and the Rock ‘n’ Roll St. Louis Half, Oct. 22-23, 2011.

“2013 is resolved,” Snyder said. He anticipates further discussion about
future San Antonio race dates but added that the existing noncompete agreement
is in effect through 2016.